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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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